1. Disclaimer

This page will serve as a rough introduction to Uldir based on testing on
the Beta, and will be maintained in the coming weeks as more is discovered about
the raid through live play. Right now, it will focus on talent options and small
observable optimizations that you can execute as Enhancement in each Uldir boss
encounter, rather than a full-fledged guide for tackling the boss. Currently,
the details are oriented toward Heroic mode and below, but will be updated with
Mythic tips as time goes on.

2. Enhancement Shaman in Uldir

Enhancement Shaman currently appears to have a strong damage profile for
Uldir, leaning on strong sustained single
target, cleave funneling and instant burst AoE. While the talent tree and
gameplay style is quite restricted in options, it comes primed with enough
tools to interact with most mechanics as long as heavy survival tools are not
mandatory.

2.1. Talent Cheatsheet

Bear in mind that the majority of talent selections presented below will
follow a similar pattern to the Talent page, due to the lack of choice within
the Enhancement tree.

3.2. Enhancement Shaman Playstyle on Taloc

The fight is comprised of two main mechanics,
Plasma Discharge and Sanguine Static. Sanguine Static
targets a player in the raid and shoots 5 blood orbs towards the target. Be
ready to sidestep the projectiles when he finishes the cast. Try to move through
Taloc to make sure you remain in melee range.

A location to drop Plasma Discharge should be marked before the
fight begins. You should use Spirit Walk (or Ghost Wolf, if this is
on cooldown) to get out of the group and start dropping the blood. Remaining in
Ghost Wolf to gain the damage reduction from Spirit Wolf if taken is
ideal, allowing you to re-engage the boss quickly. When Taloc has cast
Cudgel of Gore and his weapon remains on the ground, make sure not to
stand between the boss and his weapon at any time in Phase One or Phase
Three.

In Phase Two, you begin your descent into Uldir. Taloc goes immune
to all damage and begins to spawn two sets of adds, so try to hold both
Sundering and Feral Spirit as he is about to transition.
Coalesced Blood is the Phase 2-exclusive add and must be prioritized
over all other targets. Volatile Droplet will be soaked or burned down
quickly as a secondary target. Ideally try to line up Sundering to hit multiple
enemies, and maintain Crash Lightning in this phase as actively as
possible.

4.1.1. M.O.T.H.E.R. Enhancement Shaman Talent Notes

Ascendance has great power if your group is struggling
in the final phase of the encounter, allowing you to front-load damage into the
additional damage taken period but will hinder you in the lead up to it in
Phases One and Two.

Spirit Wolf helps with mobility and allowing you to
mitigate damage, but if you find yourself moving between phases out of range of
healers, Earth Shield can keep you healthy if necessary.

Wind Rush Totem can also assist with moving your group more
effectively during heavy movement periods if you do not need the personal
survival of Nature's Guardian.

4.2. Enhancement Shaman Playstyle on M.O.T.H.E.R.

M.O.T.H.E.R is another 3-phase fight, split into three rectangular boss
rooms. Each room is on a timer, based on when the boss enters. All players must
pass through the barrier and reach the end to defeat M.O.T.H.E.R. before they
are incinerated.

Each room has set mechanics. While the boss is in the first room, she will
cast Wind Tunnel and Purifying Flame, and
once she enters the second room, she can cast Uldir Defensive Beam.
Once she reaches the final room, she begins to take additional damage and the
fight ends quickly thereafter.

Wind Tunnel conjures a gust of wind in the room, which pushes you
towards zones of fire. On Beta, you could stand against the wall where the boss
is tanked to avoid getting pushed into the fire. However, the assumption is that
this will be changed to no longer work on live. Due to Enhancement being a melee
specialization, you should aim to stay active on the boss as much as possible
and push against this movement to stay in range. If you are forced out, make use
of movement tools (such as Ghost Wolf), or ranged tools like
Rockbiter to continue dealing damage. Pay attention to
Purifying Flames that appear beneath other raid members, and do not get
caught off guard by them.

The main fight mechanic revolves around Defense Grid. Every time
players cross into the next room, the entire raid takes damage and adds spawn,
based on how many players crossed the threshold. If many players are crossing
over, make sure you preemptively cast Astral Shift and actively heal
yourself via Healing Surge. If a huge number of people are
moving over at once, also make sure to stack Astral Shift with the
Spirit Wolf effect for maximum damage reduction.

These adds that spawn when players cross are the top priority in this
encounter. They must be stunned, interrupted, and knocked back until they are
dead. If their cast completes, the raid will wipe. Depending on how many people
move over at once, you should either burn them down one after the other, or AoE
them down if there are 3 or more close to each other. Make use of your vast
array of interrupt tools in Wind Shear, Capacitor Totem and
Sundering to assist in this.

When the boss enters the last room, she will gain a 100% damage taken debuff.
Because of this, you have to make sure that your DPS cooldowns and second potion
are ready before entering this final room.

5.1.1. Fetid Devourer Enhancement Shaman Talent Notes

>Ascendance has some uses due to the frequency of being
out of range during the encounter via the knockback and requirement to switch
to pustules that spawn. It can also capitalise on the sub 50% vulnerability
phase if transition timing is right.

Feral Lunge sees increased use here also as a way to counteract the
knockback caused by Shockwave Stomp, and allow you to also engage on
newly spawned pustules.

Wind Rush Totem follows suit with this allowing you to assist your
entire group in repositioning, so you should decide on this tier based on what
your group will gain the most from.

Fetid Devourer comes with a vulnerability phase that triggers at 50%, causing
it to take increased damage from all sources. Despite Enhancement being mostly a
sustained damage specialization, you should still aim to have cooldowns
available to funnel as much damage as possible during this period.

The main boss casts very few abilities. Rotting Regurgitation is a
cone ability targeted at a random player, which must be dodged or you will take
a large amount of damage and have Malodorous Miasma applied to you. If
you are afflicted with Malodorous Miasma, be it random or through the breath,
it will evolve into Putrid Paroxysm, which is another debuff which does
substantially more damage in a short duration. If you have this debuff,
consider casting Astral Shift or healing yourself via
Healing Surge to assist healers, especially if it lines up
with Shockwave Stomp.

Shockwave Stomp (Heroic and up) is a raid-wide knockback, which
pushes you backwards a considerable distance. You can use Feral Lunge
while mid-air from this knockback to move you back to your target and counter
this displacement, otherwise use Ghost Wolf and Spirit Walk to
reposition quickly.

Two adds will spawn from six waste disposal units at random. You can save
Feral Spirit if needed to burn these adds down quickly as they are
crucial to kill. Make sure you are aware of their spawn times and have movement
tools ready to adjust if needed to engage them quickly.

6.1.1. Zek'voz, Herald of N'Zoth Enhancement Shaman Talent Notes

Ascendance has uses here to allow you to stay active
during the second phase, bursting down priority targets that spawn while moving
to them. It also allows you to front load damage whilst your buff is active
during Phase Three.

Your choice between Nature's Guardian, Feral Lunge, and
Wind Rush Totem will depend on your group. Guardian will assist with
dangerous moments during high raid damage, whilst Lunge will increase your
ability to quick swap to new targets for higher damage. Wind Rush will allow
you to assist your raid when switching if needed, and to adjust during
Surging Darkness.

Spirit Wolf is always preferable here to assist with you getting
out of danger to drop Roiling Deceit, and reduce the damage when applied
and you are moving out of the group.

6.2. Enhancement Shaman Playstyle on Zek'voz, Herald of N'Zoth

This encounter is split into three phases,
with a few basic mechanics that persist through the whole fight. The main
mechanic is Surging Darkness. This creates three zones of darkness
centering where the boss cast the ability. One zone will be safe for every
pulse. Make sure to use Ghost Wolf if you are out of position, and in
emergencies make use of Spirit Walk.

Phase One spawns many Silithid Warriors that fixate a target and can
be stunned and burned down effortlessly. Try to activate Crash Lightning
if possible, and when the adds are grouped up cast Sundering for
maximum effect. Do not be too aggressive doing this however, as they will fixate
you and apply Jagged Mandible if you are too close.

During Phase One, players will be targeted with Eye Beam at
random. Players fixated by C'Thun's gaze will have a small indicator below
them that will show if they are standing close enough to cleave another player.
Always avoid having other players in your circle while being fixated and use a
personal coolwdown, such as Astral Shift, or if this is not available
shift into Ghost Wolf to trigger Spirit Wolf.

Phase Two is a priority damage phase. Three adds will spawn and begin
casting on players. These casters can be interrupted, stunned, crowd
controlled, but not moved. Wind Shear should be used to interrupt
them. The boss mechanic during this phase casts Roiling Deceit on a
handful of players. These players will take damage and then drop a cloud at
their feet upon expiration. Get this cloud out of the raid by using
Ghost Wolf or Spirit Walk, moving away with enough time before
the debuff expires.

Phase Three is the final phase of the fight. There will be no more adds or
previous Old God mechanics during this phase. Instead, the boss will spawn
Orb of Corruption around the boss room. These orbs must be soaked
by players. Players who soak the orb get a temporary damage increase and once
the buff times out, they will be mind controlled until killed. Mind controlled
targets must be silenced, stunned, or interrupted while they live. You should
soak one of these orbs while all your cooldowns are ready, so you can maximize
the DPS bonus from the orbs.

7.1.1. Vectis Enhancement Shaman Talent Notes

Ascendance can be used to front load damage if you need
to quickly burn any add spawns that are not covered by the raid, but generally
is not preferable.

Spirit Wolf is invaluable in this encounter due to the high amount
of time spent not dealing damage in the down phase. This reduces your damage
taken significantly and also allows for much more flexible movement around the
area.

Wind Rush Totem can be taken to assist your raid with the various
positional mechanics if it is an issue, but most players should have their own
tools to cope with each mechanic.

7.2. Enhancement Shaman Playstyle on Vectis

Vectis will begin the fight by casting Omega Vector on
a few party members. This debuff does not expire and will bounce from target to
target the entire fight. Every time the debuff bounces, the player contracts one
stack of Lingering Infection, which increases all nature damage taken.
While Omega Vector deals Shadow damage, other fight mechanics deal Nature damage.

During the "up phase", the boss will cast two abilities.
Contagion is a raid wide Nature damage explosion and
Gestate stuns the target dealing Shadow damage to all players
around the target and spawns and add. This add must be burned down immediately
or the healing absorb debuff it casts on the raid will be too much for your
healers. If you get this debuff, you should make use of Ghost Wolf to
move out of the group and capitalise upon the Spirit Wolf effect, and
then use the movement speed bonus to re-engage quickly.

Vectis submerges and spawns Plague Bombs, which must be
soaked by players. During this phase, Vectis will also send out waves of blood
that must be sidestepped or the player will take a stack of
Lingering Infection. These waves of blood move quite quickly and
are hard to dodge if you are close to the submerged boss, so you should remain
relatively far away. You should spend the majority of this phase in
Ghost Wolf to take advantage of Spirit Wolf, allowing you to
adjust quickly to avoid waves whilst also catching Plague Bomb soaks that are
hard to reach.

8.1.1. Zul, Reborn Enhancement Shaman Talent Notes

Ascendance can be used to front load damage if you need
to quickly burn a particular add wave down quickly, but is less flexible than
Elemental Spirits.

8.2. Enhancement Playstyle on Zul, Reborn

There are three sets of adds that spawn in Phase One.
Nazmani Bloodhexer spawn in packs of two and must remain separated.
Focus these first and kill them quickly. If your group runs a strategy in which
you crowd control these adds, you can use Hex on them when needed.
The second Bloodhexer may possibly cast Congeal Blood; the add that
spawns from this cast is the only target that takes priority over the two
Bloodhexers. Bloodhexers can be hard crowd controlled, knocked back, stunned, and silenced,
as well as the add that they spawn. These adds are the ones you will most likely
want to use your DPS cooldowns on.

Nazmani Crusher is your second priority and
Bloodthirsty Crawg are normally just burned down through passive
cleave. The Crushers will spawn one at a time and the Crawgs will spawn four at
a time. When there are no Nazmani Bloodhexers active, funnel your
damage into this target whilst cleaving other nearby enemies.

Minion of Zul will spawn following a Dark Revelation cast,
which cannot be damaged. When these are dispelled via Purge however,
they are killed so you should be ready to do this. Tremor Totem can be
placed pre-emptively to remove the Fear effect if they reach a player.

Phase Two activates at 40% health, and you should shift to focusing all of
your damage on Zul himself to burn him down before the platform is covered in
Ruptured Blood. There are no other significant changes for melee to
deal with in this phase.

9.1.1. Mythrax the Unraveler Enhancement Shaman Talent Notes

Ascendance can be used to front load damage during the
intermission phase to burst down adds, but this should only be necessary if your
group struggles in this phase.

9.2. Enhancement Shaman Playstyle on Mythrax the Unraveler

This fight consists of a boss phase and an intermission phase. During the
boss phase, just be aware of any Annihilation stacks you have.
Clear them if they get too high, or if you are called to clear them using
Existence Fragments. You can limit the number of stacks you receive
by avoiding casts of Obliteration Blast, which targets a random player
and shoots a laser at them, and its intermission counterpart,
Obliteration Beam. If you get Imminent Ruin, run to the edge of
the room in Ghost Wolf, capitalizing on the Spirit Wolf damage
reduction and movement speed. Stay in this form to quickly move back to the
boss.

Throughout the phase Oblivion Spheres will be spawned throughout the
room, charming nearby players — note this cannot be broken by
Tremor Totem. Players are knocked back when damaged in this state, and
the charm is broken when they leave the sphere's range, dealing damage to the
raid when this happens. You should do this in co-ordination with your group to
stagger these AoE blasts, and get your group free as quickly as possible.

At 75% Health, the boss moves into the middle of the room and takes 99% less
damage, so make sure you do not activate your DPS cooldowns when the boss is
close to 75% Health. During the intermission, two large
N'raqi Destroyers spawn and must stay separated while being burned down.
Additionally, several players will be targeted with Visions of Madness.
Try to stay grouped so players can cleave them down easily. Wind Shear
any adds that are out of the main group.

Damage timings are very telegraphed during this fight. Raid-wide damage is
dealt after every mind control break, at the beginning of every intermission,
and also when Imminent Ruin expires. If any mechanics line up, or you
are afflicted with Imminent Ruin, be sure to use your Astral Shift
or switch into Ghost Wolf in anticipation.

10.1.1. G'huun Enhancement Shaman Talent Notes

Both Spirit Wolf and Earth Shield are helpful if you are on
duty carrying the orbs around the upper platforms, keeping you healthy when
away from the rest of the raid.

Nature's Guardian, Feral Lunge, and Wind Rush Totem
are all personal choices. Nature's Guardian will keep you topped off in
dangerous situations, Feral Lunge will assist with you escorting the Orbs, and
Wind Rush will allow you to help other raid members during high movement
sections. This selection is personal based on what your raid needs the
most.

10.2. Enhancement Shaman Playstyle on G'huun

G'huun is the final boss of the raid. The encounter consists of
an upstairs minigame portion, as well as three downstairs phases.

Enhancement Shaman are a decent choice for the upstairs mini-game, due to
both Feral Lunge as a charge to move ahead to pustules you can gain a
headstart. You can then augment this with the slow suppression from
Ghost Wolf, and assist with breaking extra pustules if paired with
someone else via Lightning Bolt. So, if your group is lacking
Warriors, Monks and Demon Hunters, Enhancement can fill in with another player
quite comfortably.

Phase One is the add phase. Your focus in this phase is to cleave down all
units, but have at least one target ready to be focused down. The priority is
Blightspreader Tendril (Heroic and up), then Cyclopean Terror,
and finally Dark Young. Make sure all casts during this phase are
interrupted. The Dark Young add will cast an ability called
Dark Bargain in a circle around itself. If you take one stack, you deal
increased damage and healing but also take increased damage. If you get a
second stack, you will be mind controlled. You can coordinate with your healers
to get one stack of this for bonus DPS. You should make sure to line up your
DPS cooldowns for this buff. During this phase, G'huun will also cast
Explosive Corruption on one random player. This player should move to
the edges of the room, so they do not infect any other members. This ability
will persist through the fight. You need to be aware of this and move out
quickly using either Ghost Wolf or Spirit Walk before this
expires.

When G'huun is forced from his lair, he stops stops spawning the
adds from the previous phase and brings new mechanics to the fight. Be sure to
spread to reduce stacks of Putrid Blood contracted from the
Wave of Corruption. A player will be targeted with
Blood Feast, rooting them to the ground. Stack up on that player to
remove all stacks of Putrid Blood. He will spawn a Gibbering Horror,
whose strength is increased by the amount of Putrid Blood stacks that were
removed. Focus this down when it is active to prevent
Mind-Numbing Chatter from interrupting the group.

At 15% health, the final phase begins. The upstairs mechanics end and the
raid takes a large amount of damage. Only two new mechanics are added to the
phase, but you are no longer able to remove Putrid Blood, so spreading
is very important. Malignant Growth (Heroic and up) must be moved away
from if they spawn nearby. G'huun will also be casting Gaze of G'huun,
which will fear you if you face him, so make sure to turn away right before it.
Tremor Totem can be used however to counteract this effect.

11. Changelog

03 Sep. 2018: Preliminary update for Uldir launch week.

11 Aug. 2018: Page created in preparation for the eventual Uldir release.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

This guide has been written by Wordup,
a frequent theorycrafter involved in a number of class communities. He is also
an experienced player who has been in the world top 100 since the days of
Sunwell, currently raiding in Echoes.
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